How is “Never start a line with ( or [” ment?

[ausi]

“Never start a line with ( or [” is a very simple rule, but I’m not sure it means the right thing.

standard doesn’t generate errors for code like this:

foo(
  (1 + 2) * 3,
  [1, 2, 3]
)

Is this a bug in standard or is starting a line with ( or [ allowed in this case?

If it is allowed, shouldn’t it say “Never start a statement with ( or [”?

[feross]

I think that saying "never start a line" is actually more accurate than "never start a statement", though both are actually incorrect.

The correct rule is "\n ends a statement unless the next line starts with [, (, and a few addition, uncommon binary operators."

Instead of writing all that, I added a longer explanation to RULES.md and linked it from the list of rules in README.md.